2019 Preservation Destination Recap by Donna Hoekesma
ICPC - Iowa Conservation & Preservation Consortium 2019 Preservation Destination September 23, 2019 Presented by Donna Hoeksema
Featuring Cedar Falls / Waterloo Area Sites:
Black Hawk Hotel, Ice House Museum, UNI Museum & Conservator Lab. UNI Art Gallery, UNI Costume Collection, Grout Museum
Black Hawk Hotel – Cedar Falls
Open since the early 1850s,the hotel is the oldest continuously-running hotel site west of the Mississippi.
Room accommodations range from Standard to Junior and Full Multi Room Suites.
Cedar Falls Black Hawk Hotel
Open since the early 1850s It is the oldest continuously-running hotel site west of the Mississippi.
Room accommodations range from Standard to Junior and the hotel has Full Multi-Room Suites.
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Black Hawk Lobby
Is now listed in the National Historic Register of Historical Places
Cedar Falls Ice House Museum Opened in 1921 it is the original home of the Cedar Falls Ice and Fuel Company. It is the only museum in US that combines an original ice house with a collection of ice harvesting artifacts & archives
Cedar Falls Ice House Museum
2008 flood waters reached 12 inches higher than any other time
Raised the museum floor to prevent future flooding issues
June 2012 - Administration transferred to the Rod Library & space was remodeled
2015 – Grand reopening of new museum dedicated to education & research
Fall 2018 – Opening of new Culture Lab & new Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education & Culture
June 2012 - Administration was transferred to the Rod Library & the space was remodeled
2015 - Grand reopening of new museum dedicated to education and research
Fall 2018 - Opening of New Culture Lab and Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education & Culture
UNI Museum & Conservator Lab
This tusk artifact has been the subject of multiple areas of study including Anthropology, Art, Chemistry, History, Museum Studies, & Preservation
Students learn & perform preservation practices using various artifacts in the Conservator Lab
Fall 2019 - UNI starts a Certification program in Museum Studies
UNI Art Gallery
First Year: Storage room was expanded & overhead pipe issues resolved
Second Year: 200 Artworks that were in worst condition evaluated by conservator
Third Year: 50 works in the worst condition sent to be restored
UNI Art Gallery
First Year: Storage room expanded & overhead pipe issues resolved
Second Year: 200 art works in worst condition were evaluated by conservator
Third Year: 50 Art works in the worst conditions were sent to be restored
UNI Campus Costume Apparel Collection
Active collection teaches many skills to various majors
Purpose of collection affects the types of care
Waterloo Grout Museum
Nicholas Erickson – Registrar
Limited staff
Limited finances
Waterloo Grout Museum Pictured is Nicholas Erickson – Registrar
Limited staff
Limited finances
Waterloo Grout Museum
Features permanent & continually changing exhibitions of area history
Educational outreach for all ages
“Museum School”invites area third graders to attend “school for four days. Innovative program is one of a kind in the state.
Care of Scrapbooks: Curing Scrapbookaphobia by Onnica Marquez
Biological Specimens in Archival Collections: Ada Hayden Herbarium, Iowa State University by Sonya Barron
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Click Here for the Transcript: At the Intersection of Plants and Paper Collaboration Between a Library and a Herbarium on Campus Sonya Barron, Collections Conservator, Iowa State University Library Deb Lewis, Curator, Ada Hayden Herbarium, EEOB, Iowa State University
S.O.S. Conference Converts to an Online UN-Conference Due to COVID-19
With the conference conversion to online presentations….
Do you have an idea? Would you be interested in presenting a video during the UN-Conference? Please send any ideas and content submissions that you want to share to the ICPC email
Don’t want to “present”?
Have a topic you would like to see presented or have a question you would like to have answered, please send your idea or request to us at our email address: iowa.conserveandpreserve@gmail.com. We would love to hear your ideas and topics.
Though we are not able to meet in person this year…
We are hoping that the online UN-Conference will allow our members to share ideas and techniques together. All current members are eligible to attend the UN-Conference. Not a member? No Problem. To join ICPC, you can go to the membership page or click here
What about theAnnual Meeting?
The Annual Meeting is in the process of restructuring, so check back for details here or on our other social media sites.
What about the planned visit to the Spirit Lake area this year?
We are now planning to have our 2021 S.O.S. Conference at this year’s venue, Spirit Lake, Iowa. We will be sending out more information about this event soon.
